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package org.springframework.social.config.xml;

/**
 * Interface defining the operations required for an API helper.
 * An API helper will be used to either fetch or intantiate an instance of the API binding class.
 * @author Craig Walls
 *
 * @param <T> The API type that this helper will return
 */
public interface ApiHelper<T> {

	T getApi();

}
